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Michael x. Ryan
Born: Syracuse, NY
Education
1975 – 1979 BFA; Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1977 – 1978 Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy
Selected Solo Shows
2007 Michael x. Ryan: Above Ground, Alfedena Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Roadstains and Travels; an installation by Michael x. Ryan, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
2000 walk.about-self; selected drawings 1996-2000 by Michael x. Ryan, NFA Space, Chicago, IL
1993 Michael Ryan; Ajsfi-Self, Selected Drawings: 1988-1993, Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992 Michael Ryan; Self, Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago, IL
1989 Michael Ryan; Ajsfi, Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago, IL
1987 Michael Ryan; mulberry tree/catalpa tree, Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago, IL
1982 Michael Ryan, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Selected Group Shows
2008 The Drawing Show, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2008 Here, There, Everywhere, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2007/08 Mapping the Self, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2007 Multiples & Miniatures: Mapping, Around the Coyotoe, Chicago, IL
2005 Early Adopters, 3Arts Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Michael x Ryan Installation presented by Gallery 312, NOVA Young Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2005 Perfect, Fermilab, Batavia, IL; Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Memphis, TN; Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
2004 City in Transit, 1926 Exhibition Studies Space, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2004 Artboat, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2004 Perfect, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2003 Retrospectives, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
2002 Contemporary Drawing, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
2000 The Mark Applied, Northwestern Mutual Life Gallery, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI
1999 I, an Installation by Jim Elniski and Michael Ryan, NFA Space, Chicago, IL
1997 Just Good Art, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
1996 Rome Selections, Tyler Gallery, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1996 Sacred and Profane, NFA Space, Chicago, IL
1995 Natural Abstraction, North Park College, Chicago, IL
1995 Artists Chose Artists, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
1993 The Ren Ben ‘93, Sotheby’s, Chicago, IL
1990 Chicago Art Today, Colorado Springs Gallery of Art, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
1990 Drawings, Paula Allen Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Midwest Invitational Drawing Exhibition, The McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
1990 Nature/Nature, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
1988 Drawings, Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago, IL
1986 Art for Young Collectors Sale- A Thirty-Nine Year Tradition, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1985 Collection Artists Select, Inaugural Exhibition, State of Illinois Gallery, Chicago, IL
1984 Three Artists from Chicago: Bill Cass, Jane Hileman, Michael Ryan, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA; Memorial Union Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
1984 Formal Abstraction, N.A.M.E Gallery, Chicago, IL
1983 Emerging, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1982 Group Drawing Invitational, Lake Forest College, Lake Forrest , IL
1982 Lisa Ginzel, Michael Ryan, American River College, Sacramento, CA
1982 Lisa Ginzel, Michael Ryan, Carmella Saraceno, PS 122, New York, NY
1981 Editions of 10, Barat College, Lake Forrest, IL
1981 79th Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity: Prints and Multiples, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bibliography
2007 Artner, Alan, Humble Subjects, major accomplishment, Chicago Tribune, March 23
2007 Foumberg, Jason, Portrait of the Artist, New City (Chicago), March 8
2007 Brunetti, John, Searching for Authenticity in a Postmodern World, Alfedenda Gallery, Chicago, IL (catalog essay)
2005 Artner, Alan, Early Adopters, Chicago Tribune, October 21
2005 Weeden, John, Obsessions form the art, The Memphis Commercial Appeal, October 14
2005 Reyes, Andrea, Nova Young Art Fair, Stretcher/Broad Shoulders/BS2, (Web Magazine), Spring 05
2005 Berman, Craig, Chicago artists: Sabrina Raaf and Michael x Ryan, fueled by coffee, (Web Blog), May 2
2005 Artner, Alan, Three competing spring art shows, a sign of times, Chicago Tribune, April 30, p. 29
2005 Workman, Michael, Seven Years Wandering, NEWCITY, March 17, p. 17
2004 Ward, Jeff, ArtBoat, Panel House (Web Magazine), May 27
2004 Brunetti, John, Perfect: a group exhibition, Dialogue, May-June, p. 22
2004 Hawkins, Margaret, Perfect, Chicago Sun-Times, March 5
2004 Stone, Lauren, Chicago gallery displays ordinary as extraordinary, The Daily Northwestern February 2
2004 Workman, Michael, Perfect, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL (Catalogue Essay)
2000 Hixson, Kathryn, Michael x. Ryan, New Art Examiner, February, p. 49
2000 Yood, James, Michael x. Ryan; walk.about-self, Dialogue, November/December, p. 48-49
2000 Bulka, Michael, Michael x. Ryan; Welcome to my world, NEWCITY, September 28, p 23
2000 Brunetti, John, walk.about-self at NFA, (Exhibition Essay)
1993 Schleifer, Kristen Brooke, Michael Ryan, New Art Examiner, Summer, p. 35-36
1993 Artner, Alan, Beholders Eye: Michael Ryan makes realistic images his own, Chicago Tribune, March 18, Section 5, p. 11
1993 Porges, Timothy, Selected Drawings: 1988-1993 at Roger Ramsay, (Exhibition Essay)
1992 Artner, Alan, Ryan Drawings Prove Protean, Handsome, Chicago Tribune, July 17, Section 7, p. 72
1990 Postiglione, Corey, Review; Nature/Nature, Dialogue, May/June, p. 26
1990 Porges, Timothy, Chicago, Contemporanea, February, Volume 3, Number 2, p. 31
1989 Artner, Alan, 89 top Ten Exhibitions, Chicago Tribune, December 31, Section 13, p. 19
1989 Rau, Sally, Talk of the Trade, Art and Auction, September, Volume 13, Number 2, p 58-60
1989 Artner, Alan, Review: Michael Ryan, Chicago Tribune, September 15, Section 7, p. 35
1987 Spector, Buzz, Michael Ryan, ARTFORUM, September, p. 134
1987 Porges, Timothy, The Tree in the Wood, Dialogue, September/October, Volume 10, Number 5, p. 35-36
1987 Artner, Alan, Show hints at a new direction in drawing, Chicago Tribune, July 10, Section 7, p. 57
1985 Collection Artists Select, Inaugural Exhibition, The State of Illinois Gallery, Chicago, IL (Catalogue Essay)
1984 Spector, Buzz, Three Artists from Chicago, Memorial Union Gallery, University of California, Davis and Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA (Catalogue Essay)
1984 French, Christopher, A New View of Chicago, Artweek, December 8, p. 1
1983 Moser, Charlotte, Emerging, Chicago Sun Times, March 20, p. 21
Selected Collections
American Medical Association; Chicago, IL
City of Chicago Library Collections; Chicago, IL
Everson Museum; Syracuse, NY
JP Morgan Chase; Chicago, IL
MacArthur Foundation; Chicago, IL
Shearson Lehman; NY, NY
The Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago, IL
Awards/Residences
2005 Faculty Residency in Krems, Austria, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2005 Chairman’s Award, The Art Institute of Chicago
1997 Distinguished Faculty Award, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1984 Artists Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council